Great Depression. Women were needed to replace men who had gone off to war‚ and so the first great exodus of women from the home to the workplace began. Rationing affected the food we ate‚ the clothes we wore‚ the toys with which children played. After the war‚ the men returned‚ having seen the rest of the world. No longer was the family farm an ideal; no longer would blacks accept lesser status. The GI Bill allowed more men than ever before to get a college education. Women had to give up their
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At the start of the 20th century‚ Wilfred Laurier stated “ the next hundreds years would belong to Canada.” Your job as a historian is to decide whether that statement was true. When Wilfred Laurier said that the 20th Century would belong to Canada‚ I believe he meant‚ that the 20th century will be a year of great prosperity for Canada. Also that Canada will shine‚ and stand out as a country‚ and a fighting force. The 20th century belonged to Canada On January 18‚ 1904 Prime Minister
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During the 20th century law enforcement was in a progressive‚ reform‚ professional and community era and the way of policing had evolve over time. Police forces was characterized by a broad social service function‚ decentralized organization‚ intimate relationship with community and extensive use of foot patrol. Many problem police face was the lack of training‚ bribery‚ lack of control‚ political control‚ lack of education and brutality. Rome was where the 1st specialized investigative unit created
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In the early part of the 20th century‚ employee compensation was minimal to nonexistent. With a few exceptions most employees were only rewarded in respect of the hours they worked. Any other kind of compensation that had to do with old age‚ poor health or death was entirely left to the hands of the employee or his family. Vacations if allowed at all were without pay. In 1940 and 1950 we can notice an increase in the acceptance and usage of employee benefits as a form of reward in addition to direct
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Revolution: The Change of Literature in the Early 20th Century America went through many changes in the early 20th century. These changes greatly altered the American mind‚ and consequently the literature of the time. Large scale world events such as: The first total war—WWI‚ and the swift change from prosperity in the twenties to nationwide depression in the thirties‚ drastically changed the American mind. Times were progressive—on one hand‚ man had never before been so powerful before‚ and
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Major changes came to the textile industry during the 20th century‚ with continuing technological innovations in machinery‚ synthetic fibre‚ logistics‚ and globalization of the business. The business model that had dominated the industry for centuries was to change radically. Cotton and wool producers were not the only source for fibres‚ as chemical companies created new synthetic fibres that had superior qualities for many uses‚ such as rayon‚ invented in 1910‚ and DuPont’s nylon‚ invented in 1935
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Of their ten great achievements of the century‚ control of infectious diseases resonates with me the most. There’s a very high chance that I would not be alive today‚ because I may have not made it past infancy. Sanitation and hygiene‚ vaccination‚ and antimicrobial medicine all fall under the
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the aesthetic intensity of poetry or painting. The two dominant themes in his work are the "international subject" and that of the innocent. After the eighties the novel became the dominant prose form. 4.1. The Turn of the Century: the Modern British Novel The turn of the century meant the end of the Victorian Era with the Queen’s death in 1901. The legacy of Darwin‚ the Victorian loss of Christian Faith‚ Socialism and the awareness of threat against England’s wealth increased the existing social
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The 20th century has been the scene of rapid social change. Educational‚ political‚ economic and religious institutions have been changing and morphing as the century progressed. These institutional changes have impacted individuals and families in dramatic ways. Gender roles have changed‚ family mobility has increased‚ fertility has declined and union formation patterns have become more fluid and less stable (Morrison‚ 2015). Over the past 40 years cohabitation has moved from being viewed as a deviant
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influences in our everyday lives. I would like to focus on the twentieth-century and how the visual arts influenced the time period. Hopefully this essay can spread knowledge and awareness on how much history has to do with influences in today’s music. In the 20th century‚ there were several American and European composers who were highly interested in the jazz industry. Composers have been using parts of native music for centuries. Some of the most popular names such as Mozart‚ Haydn‚ Beethoven and
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